New D5 spaceframe materials (alu, steel, magnesium, CFRP)

[paulrstaylor]

Originally Posted by 27litres

I'd say it's to do with the safety cell and getting the strength they want with the minimum size.
Alloy the same strength would probably give an undesirable thickness to the A pillar.
The magnesium strut brace doesn't strike me as any form of cost cutting!

Agreed, if anything likely to be advances in bonding different materials that have allowed them to "pick and mix" now?